# 2023–24 Angers SCO season

The 2023–24 season was Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest's 125th season in existence and first one back in the Ligue 2. They also competed in the Coupe de France.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 4 August 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | FRA | Batista Mendy |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Halid Šabanović |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Marius Courcoul |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Nabil Bentaleb (vice-captain) |
| 7 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Niane |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Loïs Diony |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Himad Abdelli |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Sidiki Chérif |
| 12 | MF | ALG | Zinédine Ould Khaled |
| 14 | MF | MAR | Yassin Belkhdim |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Pierrick Capelle (captain) |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Melvin Zinga |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Justin-Noël Kalumba |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Noah Fatar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Jordan Lefort |
| 22 | DF | BEN | Cédric Hountondji |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Adrien Hunou |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Jean-Mattéo Bahoya |
| 25 | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Bamba |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Lilian Raolisoa |
| 28 | FW | ALG | Farid El Melali |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Ousmane Camara |
| 30 | GK | CIV | Yahia Fofana |
| 45 | FW | FRA | Noah Nadje |
| 70 | DF | ALG | Yacine Gaya |
| 94 | DF | TUN | Yan Valery |
| — | MF | FRA | Florent Hanin |
| — | MF | SEN | Joseph Lopy |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CRO | Marin Jakoliš (on loan to Melbourne City) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Jordan Lefort | Paris FC | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Ibrahima Niane | Metz | €500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Florent Hanin | Paris FC | Free | 31 July 2023 |
| MF | Zinedine Ferhat | Alanyaspor | Free | 31 August 2023 |
| FW | Esteban Lepaul | SAS Épinal | Undisclosed | 25 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| GK | Théo Borne | Clermont | | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Salim Akkal | Le Puy | | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Jason Mbock | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Souleyman Doumbia | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Sada Thioub | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Amine Salama | Reims | €4,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Faouzi Ghoulam | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Miha Blažič | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Waniss Taïbi | Rodez | Undisclosed | 4 July 2023 |
| DF | Oussama Falouh | Wydad AC | Free | 19 July 2023 |
| FW | Noah Fatar | Sochaux | Undisclosed | 31 August 2023 |
| MF | Batista Mendy | Trabzonspor | €4,400,000 | 8 September 2023 |
| FW | Jean-Mattéo Bahoya | Eintracht Frankfurt | €8,500,000 | 25 January 2024 |
| DF | Halid Šabanović | Valenciennes | Loan | 30 January 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 2 | 5 August 2023 | 17 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 052.63 |
| Coupe de France | 18 November 2023 | 6 January 2024 | Seventh round | Round of 64 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 053.66 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Auxerre (C, P) | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 74 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Angers (P) | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 68 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Saint-Étienne (O, P) | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 65 | Qualification for promotion play-offs final |
| 4 | Rodez | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 60 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-final |
| 5 | Paris FC | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 59 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-final |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 May 2024. Source: Ligue 2 BKT

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 16 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.